Designing Futures: Exploring AI, Data, Architecture and beyond.

15 épisodes

Beyond Tools: The AI-Integrated Studio
19/11/2025 | 48 min
Matthias Hollwich — founder of HWKN — joins Nathalie Rozencwajg and Melanie Rozencwajg on Designing Futuresto explore what it means to run a fully AI-integrated architecture studio. At HWKN, AI isn’t an add-on — it informs every stage of design, from concept to construction.
We unpack how this shift enables architects to reclaim their role as visionary world-builders — orchestrating not just form, but experience, performance, and community. AI opens the design room to clients and collaborators, accelerates iteration, and fosters a new kind of design dialogue.
We also delve into “contextual data” as an antidote to homogenised cities — like designing a London tower shaped by London’s own culture, behaviour, and spatial logic. Plus, how emerging robotic and construction technologies are expanding what’s possible — and affordable — to build.
Matthias shares why transparency with clients about AI matters, and how these tools are already reshaping the business of architecture — redefining how we design, plan, and construct.
Understanding the Why: Behavioral Science Meets Data & AI
29/9/2025 | 1 h
Jez Groom — founder & CEO of Cowry Consulting and a pioneer in applied behavioral science — joins us on Designing Futures.
With 14+ years of helping global organizations from Amazon to HSBC understand human behavior, Jez explains why most decisions are non-rational, why intentions rarely translate into action, and how simple tweaks can shift behaviour in powerful ways.

This episode makes the case for behavioral intelligence — blending psychology, data, and AI — as a smarter path forward than “AI-first” thinking. Digital traces reveal what people do, but only behavioral science uncovers the deeper why: the subconscious, social, and emotional drivers behind choice. From psychometrics to biometrics, we explore how these methods are reshaping the way we design experiences that people actually follow through on.
Redesigning Time – Decision, Speed, and the New Logic of Practice
25/8/2025 | 49 min
Matt Krissel — architect, educator, and principal at Perkins&Will — joins us to rethink our relationship with time in an AI-augmented practice. With decades of experience leading transformative projects and as co-founder of the Built Environment Futures Council, Matt brings a unique perspective on how speed, decision-making, and time are being rebalanced in today’s design culture.

This episode explores the tension between acceleration and reflection: What do we gain when AI compresses timelines — and what risks emerge when decisions are forced too quickly? Can time itself become a design material, reshaped to create space for intuition, narrative, and meaning?
From client expectations to the choreography of choices, we reflect on authority, trust, and the human role in a landscape of data-driven tools. And we ask: in redesigning time, what kind of future are we really designing for?
Teaching Architecture in the Age of AI
13/6/2025 | 59 min
Luc Izri — architect, theorist, and co-founder of Inflexion Dynamics — joins us to explore the evolving relationship between computation and design thinking. With a deep background in algorithmic and topological design education, Luc brings a fresh perspective on how AI is transforming not only architectural practice, but the way we teach and learn it.
This episode delves into the challenges and opportunities of educating architects at a time when tools can generate, iterate, and optimize with increasing ease. What should we let go of? What do we hold on to? And how can we better prepare students for a profession in transformation?
From shifting workflows to transdisciplinary futures, we reflect together on authorship, complexity, and the emerging soft skills that could redefine the architect’s role in a changing world.
Join us as we rethink not only how we design — but how we decide, teach, and evolve alongside new forms of intelligence.
AI-Powered Space Planning with QBIQ
23/4/2025 | 47 min
In this episode, we’re joined by Roey Granot, co-founder of QBIQ, a trailblazing company using artificial intelligence to transform how we design and plan spaces. QBIQ’s platform allows brokers, landlords, architects, and tenants to generate instant, customized layout plans and immersive 3D tours—redefining workflows across real estate and architecture.
We explore the founding story of QBIQ, the promise (and limitations) of AI in architectural design; From data-driven design to personalization at scale, Roey shares how QBIQ operates at the intersection of Architecture, Data, and AI—and what the future holds for our industry.
Join us as we unpack the opportunities and challenges of integrating AI into the creative process—and consider what it means for the future of space planning.

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Join us as we embark on a captivating journey through the ever-evolving intersection of AI, data, and architecture. In this podcast, we dive deep into the vast potential of AI for architecture and design, examining the remarkable possibilities it offers, while also acknowledging the challenges it presents. Our mission is to expand the conversation, engaging with leaders, thinkers, and doers in the ecosystem. We invite them to share their profound insights, groundbreaking ideas, and innovative approaches to designing the future. Nathalie Rozencwajg is the founder of NAME Architecture and an internationally-acclaimed award-winning architect. In recent years, together with her team, she has been exploring the implications of AI for architecture and questioning the future of practice and education. Melanie is an awarded creative entrepreneur who specializes in data strategy. She offers guidance and solutions on how data can be strategically leveraged to foster development and innovation while upholding ethical considerations.

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